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By Player

By Player

20008.02h 6m

Overview

The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the camera as if she is addressing Tonoyama himself, recollecting events in his life. The film focuses on Tonoyama's alcohol dependence and his various sexual relationships, as well as his film work with Shindo.

Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Written by Kaneto Shindō
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Top Cast

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Taiji Tonoyama

Keiko Oginome

Keiko Oginome

Kimie

Hideko Yoshida

Hideko Yoshida

Taiji's wife

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Okaji

Yasuhito Hida

Yasuhito Hida

Kei Satō

K

Kagetora Miura

Kei Yamamoto

Yuriko Hirooka

Yuriko Hirooka

Yoshiko

Y

Yûki Suzuki

Young Yoshiko

Hideyuki Kasahara

Hideyuki Kasahara

Yasuo

K

Kuriko Namino

Liquor Store Housewife

Themes & Keywords

biographybased on true storyalcoholismfilmmakingactor20th centurybased on real personjapanese cinema

About By Player

By Player is a drama, romance film released in 2000 exploring themes of biography, based on true story, alcoholism, filmmaking, actor, 20th century. Directed by Kaneto Shindō, it stars Naoto Takenaka, Keiko Oginome, Hideko Yoshida. The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the camera as if she is addressing Tonoyama himself, recollecting events in his life. The film focuses on Tonoyama's alcohol dependence and his various sexual relationships, as well as his film work with Shindo.

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